The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed Confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition.
For more than three centuries, various churches around the world have adopted the Confession and the catechisms as their standards of doctrine, subordinate to the Bible..
Their meetings, over a period of five years, produced the Confession of faith, as well as a Larger Catechism and a Shorter Catechism.
In 1643, the English Parliament called upon learned, godly and judicious Divines, to meet at Westminster Abbey in order to provide advice on issues of worship, doctrine, government and discipline of the Church of England.
Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly, largely of the Church of England, it became and remains the \'subordinate standard\' of doctrine in the Church of Scotland, and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide.
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed Confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition